Posted April 15, 2011

For Season 2011, The JCT 600 Bradford Cricket League Umpires Association will use the revised Assessment Form originally based on the ECB’s form.

The form itself is now split into the following three sections:

1. Communications: This is split into two sub sections. These are effective relationships with captains and players and prohection of a confident image.

2.Control of the match: In this section umpires are judged in three areas. The first is the appropriate level of intervention, the second is their composure and reaction to pressure and the third is their level of teamwork.

3 Decision making: This is split into two sub sections, the application of law and playing conditions and the second is interpretation of ground, weather and light.

There is also a section for further comments in which captains can highlight issues regarding the performance of the umpires.

Guidelines for Marking: Under each of the sections the umpires have to be graded by captains The categories are exceptional, very good, competent, unsatisfactory and poor.

Facilities marking: The visiting captain has to mark the quality of the picth, outfield, operation of the scoreboard and changing facilities. A mark out of ten has to be given for each of the four headings.

In future umpires will no longer distribute sheets. The old method of captains filling it in by hand and faxing it in has been scrapped. The whole process will now be completed on line.

Umpires are instructed to inform captains of their names so that they can corectly identify the match officials on their assessment sheets. It is good practice to write them on the second team card captains have to produce.

The procedure to follow
1 Download the 2011Umpires Assessment form which can be found under Downloadable forms at the bottom of the home page of the JCT 600 Bradford League website.

2 The form can be completed using Microsoft Excel or the spreadsheet program of Open Office (a program which can be freely downloaded from the internet. Your club has been issued with copies of Open Office). If you have any difficulties contact webmaster@bradfordcricketleague.org

3 The form should be completed by the captain or his appointed deputy.

4 Once the form is completed it has to be saved and attached to ab email and sent to assessments@bradfordcl.com

6 The deadline for submitting forms remains unaltered Wednesday for Saturday games, Thursday for Sunday games and Friday for Monday matches. If a form isn’t submitted in time a club is fined £5 for each of the first three breaches of the rule. From the fourth instances onwards a league point is deduct as well as a fine being imposed.

Download the 2011 assessment form